{"id":94693,"date":"2021-02-08T05:18:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T12:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=94693"},"modified":"2021-02-08T05:52:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T12:52:49","slug":"prairie-falcon-bloody-wet-and-stuffed-to-the-gills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/08\/prairie-falcon-bloody-wet-and-stuffed-to-the-gills\/","title":{"rendered":"Prairie Falcon – Bloody, Wet And Stuffed To The Gills"},"content":{"rendered":"

Up close, closer than I wanted to be.<\/p>\n

Today’s post was inspired by frustration. Very early yesterday morning I drove many miles to a remote birding location and after spending most of the morning looking for birds I ended up being skunked photographically. The only bird I photographed over the entire morning was a Prairie Falcon perched on a rock that was so far away the falcon wasn’t much bigger in my viewfinder than the central focusing point. Those photos have been deleted.<\/p>\n

So during the long drive home I was daydreaming about Prairie Falcons and thought of the falcon below that I actually got too<\/em> <\/span>close to.<\/p>\n

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1\/1600, f\/9, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I had to get this close to her because any further away my view of her was obstructed. Even with my teleconverter removed and shooting vertically I could barely fit her in the frame. I believe this is the same young female that terrorized the ducks along the causeway to Antelope Island for several consecutive winters.<\/p>\n

She’d obviously had a recent successful duck hunt because her feet and lower belly and vent feathers were still bloody and very wet.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/5.6, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

And her crop was bulging. After such a satisfying meal she was perfectly content to stay on the rock, even with my pickup so close and occasional traffic whizzing by..<\/p>\n

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1\/1600, f\/9, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

She seemed to really appreciate her huge feet and slashing talons that had provided her repast.<\/p>\n

Though I haven’t seen the bird I recently noticed a report of a Prairie Falcon on the island this winter. Maybe I’ll get lucky again.<\/p>\n

Hope springs eternal.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Up close, closer than I wanted to be.<\/p>\n

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